Hook and eye.



A. P. FULMER'KYL F. MJN'EBINGER.

HOOKyAND EYE. APPLICATION FILED APR. so, 1912.

1,076,860,` Patented Oct. 2,1, 1913.

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The invention relates to separable fastenersand has for an object to provide 'a hook4 and eye;

The invention embodies, among other features, a. device comprising a hook member` mdgm e Icrimineel, the said members being adapted f or. independent connection with apparel xind 4adapted' to cooperate by their mutual latire-engagement to connect the portionsofthe apparel to'yvhich the respec# tive members are secured, the' said meme bers: being movable to relatively lock, and easilymovable into disengaged position by e slight pressure of the nger on the men tioned men'ibers; c

further embodiment oil-the, invention resides in n hook member formed of a singlie piece4 of material and an eye member likewise formed' of a 4s'ingle'piece of material,- the hook memberfbeingprovided with inthmeans for guiding the eye' member into cited, engagement with the hook mem- Aber, suitable attaching means being formed integrnllyuwith. the said members for independentlysecuring the same to apparel.

in the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had4 to the accompanying drawings constituting a part ol?4 this speciiieation, in which similar characters of ref specification 'of Letters raten. Application med pm so, iisa. serial no. 694,065;

erence designate corresponding. parts in all' the views, and in which: n

Figure l is a perspective View of e hook member and an eyemember 'showing the same in relative engagement; 2 is a perspective view Vof the hoolrmember 'and eye member showing the same in disconnected position; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary transverse sectional View of ment showing one manner of mounting our ldevice thereon, the hookand eye members being in connected position; and `Fig. 4 is a fragmentarytransverse sectional vView of portion'sbf shoving another manf y ner' of mounting our device thereon, they hook and eye members being in connected position.- A. l

Referring more particularlytc the views.` We employ a .hook member 1 02 preferbli formed. of e single pce of spn'ngsli'k ii:

portions of a gar-- ratentedoufgainais.

terial such as Wire 'or ythe like, the said piece of wire beingl bent to form an elongated/ lloop 11 constituting a guide l2, the mentioned piece of wire being thefn bent go. that adjacentshanks 13 and 14 of; ,the Wire form -a hook-like lock-ing member 15, the ends 16 and 17 of the said piece of wire/being `then bent. in opposite directions, t0 femm attachmg members 18 and 19, the aid attaching members being similar i n s 'ape and `'construction and adapted t0 lie adjacent one another as shown in Fig/si 1 and 2, the guide 12 being oiiset'from the longitudinal plane of the Shanks 13 Mld '/4 With the inner eX- tremity of the loclringyg` /member 15. oset in an opposite dmetwh to the longitudinal plane of zthe Shanks `v13 and 14as shown, the attaching members' 16 and 17 vbeing adapted to he in the plane off the forward ends of the Shanks 1'3 and' 14v and adjae. .1 the eXt-I'e'mlileSlOf tl'lguide Aneye member 2Qf-iflemployed andjconL sists of a singic piece ,4p/ spring-like matef rial such as Wire, the/'said piece of material being bent to form a wedge-likemember 21 having an apexf22 and inclined sides- 23, the

ends 24' and 25 of the said piece of Wire f being then bent to extend toward? one al1- other and then' bent `rearwardly to form 'adgaoentshanhs 26 and 27, bent at their extrenntiesin opposite directions to formattaching men'ibers 28, 29, it being readily seen by referring 'to theviews that the wedge member 21 and attaching members 28 and 29 of theeye member 20 lie in the same Y pla-Ilehefguide 12`of the hook member 10 and thel `locking member 15 of the hook member l0 being` offset in the same direction from the general plane of the hook memben' -Aslion'nv in Fig. 3, the hook member 1Q S Secure-dito aportion 30 of a garment and the @We member, 20 is secured to a portie 81 of the garment. Now whenitsis desire t0 bring the ends 32 and 38 of the respectiv plftions 30 and 31 of' the garment together, the Wedge member 21; is passed through the guide 12, the apex leing plaeedoverand/eprung into engage- ,ine t ,ho il member 10,x it being readily understood tha the'resiliency or spring-likeaction of `the eye member' so and the particular shape i of the Wedge mber .21 Will permit of springing the apex 2i Vmgto engigctnentwith the locking member 15 when the sides 23 of the Wedge member' ai sie signy @empresaria a ainsi uit 22 of ythe, Wedge member.

22 of the wedge member I with the locking member 15 of the spring-litre action of the eye member when the sic 1 225 engage the sides or ends of the ,quid l et the hook member 10, the 1. 22 being .received and held at the inner end of the locking' member 15 as shown in Fig. 3. Now it Will be readily seen by referring to Fig. 3 that the ends 32, 33 of the portions 30 and 31 of the garment will be held in adacent position and cannot be separated by pulling the same in opposite directions in view of the manner in which the eye member 2O is engaged with the hook member 10, it being further seen that a lateral pressure exerted against the inner faces of the eye member and hook l member will not move or tend to force the eye member out of engagement with the rhook member, Whereas by simply exerting a slight pressure on the sides 23 of they wedge member 21 of the eye member 20, to move the apex 22 out of engagement with the locking member 15 of the hook member '10, the Wedge member 21 will be unlocked from the hook member 10 and can t-hen easily be disengaged therefrom by pulling the portions 30 and v31 ofl the` garment in opposite directions.

It should be noted that the successful operation of the device described depends largely upon the particular shape struction of the Wedge member 21 and the Vspring-like action of both the hook member 10 and the eye member 20, thus'm'aking'it decidedly advantageous to form the hook member 10 and the eye member 20 of single ,pieces of material such as Wire, said material being of suiiicient resiliency to produce the desired spring-like action in the finished articles. y

In Fig. 4 we show another manner of employing tbe device in connect-ion with the portions 30 and 31 of a garment and in whiclthe hook member is secured tofthe inner side of the portion 3 0 and the eye member to the outer side of the portion 31, the eye member being secured to the outer side of the portion 81 immediately adjacent the end 33k thereof and the hook member being secured Ato the inner face of the portion 30 a distance from the end 82 thereof` so that when the eye member is connected and locked to the hook member, the extremity of the portion 30 will overlap those parts of the eye member which are secured to the outer face of the portion 31, thus partially inclosing'he eye member between the portions tt' bieto the casual observer. ,t oe notedthat by employing an guide 12 forming a part of the bei' 10 and a Wedge member 21 on mber 20, said wedge member be- 'il te engage the ends of the guide and conf and 31 so that the hook and eye wili ha 1 with the ends of the guide 12 and the apex 22 having locked connection with the lock-m infr member 15, it being readily seen thatthe'" rearmost portion of the Wedge memberglis of a greater width than the guide12 inthat the sides of the wedge member may be slightly compressed against the springlike action of the wedge member when the wedge member is passed through and engaged with the vguide 12, the increase in width of the wedge member over the guide member being also provided toy prevent the Wedge member from entirely passing through the guide member, thus preventing the eyel member 20 from being securely locked to the hook member 10. At the poi-nt where the-locking member 15 is formed by theshanks 13 and 14 of the piece of wire constitutingthe hook, member 10, lthe portions of the .wire between the extremities of the locking member 15 are bent upon the Shanks 13 and 14 so that the inner extremity of the locking member 15`Will be a shorter distance from the guide 12 than the outer extremity of the locking member, this construction being provided to retain the apex 22 of the Wedge member 21 in locked position on the hook member-10.

Having thus described our' invention, we claim: y

In a hook and eye, the combination with a hook member formed of a vsingle piece of material bent upon .itself tov form: an elongated guide, and thence bent at ai point medially of the guide and rearwardly therefrom to form a locking member, the ends of said piece of material terminating in' oiset attaching members,.of an eye member formed of a single piece of material bent to formma wedge memberfthe said piece of material being en bentto form attaching members', said we ge member being adapted to be passed through the said guide to engage the said locking member and retaining the eye member in rigid and locked engagement with the hook member. Y

In testimony whereofwe aix Qur signatures 1n presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT P. FULMER.

` lFRANK M. NEBINGER. Witnesses: i, 1

THoMAs S.' Lawns, LUoioUs C. JONES.

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